Four airmen were killed when their Bolingbroke (#9906) aircraft crashed in a wheat field 13 miles south of the Lethbridge aerodrome. The Bolingbroke was on a test flight when it crashed and exploded.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this accident were:-
Flying Officer John Donald HEACOCK,
Corporal William Andrew NEWELL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Manning PATTISON and
Leading Aircraftman Clarence Stanley WISE.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Aero Engine Mechanic
Service Number: R/86936
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Bombing and Gunnery School (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Son of Louis F. Newell and Lillian G. Newell of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class William Andrew Newell is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this accident were:-
Flying Officer John Donald HEACOCK,
Corporal William Andrew NEWELL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Manning PATTISON and
Leading Aircraftman Clarence Stanley WISE.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Aero Engine Mechanic
Service Number: R/86936
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Bombing and Gunnery School (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Son of Louis F. Newell and Lillian G. Newell of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class William Andrew Newell is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Four airmen were killed when their Bolingbroke (#9906) aircraft crashed in a wheat field 13 miles south of the Lethbridge aerodrome. The Bolingbroke was on a test flight when it crashed and exploded.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this accident were:-
Flying Officer John Donald HEACOCK,
Corporal William Andrew NEWELL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Manning PATTISON and
Leading Aircraftman Clarence Stanley WISE.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Aero Engine Mechanic
Service Number: R/86936
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Bombing and Gunnery School (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Son of Louis F. Newell and Lillian G. Newell of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class William Andrew Newell is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this accident were:-
Flying Officer John Donald HEACOCK,
Corporal William Andrew NEWELL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Manning PATTISON and
Leading Aircraftman Clarence Stanley WISE.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Aero Engine Mechanic
Service Number: R/86936
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Bombing and Gunnery School (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Son of Louis F. Newell and Lillian G. Newell of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class William Andrew Newell is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
NEARER TO MEMORY
THAN WORDS CAN TELL.
THE LOSS OF OUR SON WE
LOVED SO WELL.
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